Prayer meeting
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A prayer meeting is, as its name describes, a meeting of people for the purpose of prayer
as a group. Prayer meetings are normally conducted by one or more members of the clergy
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Prayer meetings usually occur at churches on days other than the normal day of worship (usually Sunday), and are sometimes scheduled weekly, often on Wednesday evenings. Church members are encouraged (but not generally required) to attend, and the public is usually welcome.
Prayer meetings may also be called as singular events and at public places, and often are during times of common crisis or concern. Public prayer meetings often represent more than one religious faith.
In the years before widespread news media
, prayer meetings were also used to share news and information (including firsthand accounts) about the events leading to the meeting being called, and ways to deal with changing circumstances. While this continues, the impact may be less on the public, though perhaps not on the faithful, than in the past.
Prayer
Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of...
as a group. Prayer meetings are normally conducted by one or more members of the clergy
Clergy
Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. A clergyman, churchman or cleric is a member of the clergy, especially one who is a priest, preacher, pastor, or other religious professional....
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Prayer meetings usually occur at churches on days other than the normal day of worship (usually Sunday), and are sometimes scheduled weekly, often on Wednesday evenings. Church members are encouraged (but not generally required) to attend, and the public is usually welcome.
Prayer meetings may also be called as singular events and at public places, and often are during times of common crisis or concern. Public prayer meetings often represent more than one religious faith.
In the years before widespread news media
News media
The news media are those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public.These include print media , broadcast news , and more recently the Internet .-Etymology:A medium is a carrier of something...
, prayer meetings were also used to share news and information (including firsthand accounts) about the events leading to the meeting being called, and ways to deal with changing circumstances. While this continues, the impact may be less on the public, though perhaps not on the faithful, than in the past.